Codiscos

Codiscos
Founded	1950
Founder	Alfredo Díez Montoya
Country of origin	Colombia, South America
Location	Medellín, Colombia
Official website	Official website

Codiscos (which is short for Compañía Colombiana de Discos, meaning "Colombian Record Label") is a record label headquartered in Medellín, Colombia. It was founded in 1950 by Alfredo Díez Montoya with the name Zeida Ltd, which is today the name of its popular label dedicated to tropical music. Along with Discos Fuentes, it is one of the oldest and largest record labels of Colombia.

In 1958, it became an operational recording studio, with the aim of not only distributing, but also recording and encouraging the talents of Colombian authors, composers, arrangers and performers. Currently the company has three studios.

Codiscos was in licensing agreements with U.S. Sonotone Records and Balboa Records that have since been discontinued.

On 1 August 2005, it opened a branch, called "Codiscos Corp." in Miami, Florida.

Codiscos was the label of Juanes when he was part of the group Ekhymosis, when they signed their first record deal.

Codiscos has been the record label for the following artists, among others:

The label has garnered 31 Latin Grammy Award nominations, 3 Latin Grammy's, 2 Billboard recognitions, and 2 Billboard Latin Music nominations.

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